Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanded a new independence referendum in late 2018 or early 2019, once the terms of Britain’s exit from the European Union have become clearer. A vote that could tear apart the United Kingdom just months before Brexit would become a negative factor in the two-year process of leaving the EU…
Category: Europe
Brexit launch expected on 14th of March
Reportedly the triggering of the Article 50 is foreseen for Tuesday, the 14th of March, when the Prime Minister Theresa May will declare the historic process of the departure from the European Union during her speech in the UK Parliament. The date was carefully chosen well ahead of the Informal Summit in Rome, when the leaders…
Tajani calls for more investment in Africa
The European Parliament (EP) president Antonio Tajani (pictured) called for a balanced approach to immigration. “ We must be just as rigorous in taking in people who qualify for asylum as we are in countering illegal immigration. We cannot leave the management of migration to people traffickers and terrorists. We need decisive political action at…
Boris Johnson suspects Russia in a range of cybercrimes
The UK Foreign secretary Boris Johnson told there is “plenty of evidence” that Russia has the ability to disrupt British politics with cyber-attacks, following some reports that intelligence experts are to brief political parties on defence methods against hacking from Moscow. Johnson due to meet his Russian counterpart in March, said there was little doubt…
Russian submarine exercise
The Russian Northern Fleet’s submarines Yuri Dolgoruky and Obninsk held an exercise to fire torpedoes against an underwater target, the fleet’s press office reported on Friday via the Russian state agency ITAR-TASS. “The crews of the strategic missile cruiser Yuri Dolgoruky and the multipurpose nuclear submarine Obninsk performed this exercise in a duel option,” the…
Ankara threatens Dutch to retaliate
Turkish leadership vowed to retaliate in the “harshest ways” after their ministers were denied a rally in Rotterdam in support of President Erdogan, degenerated in riots of Turkish diaspora on Saturday night. Turkey will take steps against the Netherlands until it apologizes: minister https://t.co/n88OLyr6ED pic.twitter.com/tWLttXfMUS — Reuters (@Reuters) March 12, 2017 Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu…
Istambul: Dutch flag pulled away from Consulate
After the Turkish riots in Rotterdam, caused by denial of the Dutch authorities to honor Turkish diaspora request for a rally in support of the President Erdogan, the relations between The Netherlands and Turkey continued to degenerate. Today the Dutch flag was removed from the General Consulate building by protestors in Istanbul, and replaced by…
Salvini met by violence outbreak in Naples
Italian police have clashed with protesters in Naples amid a visit by the leader of the Northern League party – Matteo Salvini. Questa è la Napoli che mi piace, questa è l'Italia che vincerà! #primagliitalianiP.s. Per i violenti dei centri sociali tanta pena! pic.twitter.com/O4LkXMHrnQ — Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) March 11, 2017 Riot police fired…
Rotterdam: police uses water cannons to end Turkish riots
Hundreds of Turkish protesters scuffled with police as authorities tried to end a demonstration at the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam, where a Turkish minister was refused to enter, and escorted back to German border, where from she came on her own initiative, in spite of the refusal of Dutch authorities to honor a rally…
Turkey protests: Wilders for recall of ambassadors
The leader of the Freedom party (PVV), and the major contestant of the incumbent Prime minister in upcoming general elections on the 15th of March, – Geert Wilders considers the recall of ambassadors as a logical step after offensive remarks of the Turkish leaders, and the sequence of events, rooted in an absence of…
EUROPE DIPLOMATIC 